Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b10ab59cf081adec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: b8107238c9c48e66aa30ff563acc422e SHA-1: 7cd82fb3ee5731cb998e5bd19925e665569126ea SHA-256: b10ab59cf081adec2ff846bd9d5b8b0a79c51310e31e66f088fb8ece8ca90442
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious PDF

This PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be vulnerable to heap spray attacks. The critical heuristic PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY indicates the presence of exploit code designed to trigger this vulnerability. The embedded script payload and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' suggests it's a known dropper variant.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY
    PDF contains XFA script content with heap-spray or shellcode-like JavaScript markers such as large encoded word sequences, util.pack, large arrays, or spray variable names. This is a weaponised Adobe Reader exploit pattern, not a normal interactive form.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
ea431b4346382dd53e5d990cc3bc74552aefd695cd4321276b9d886ddd540185		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 11527 bytes

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